I went digging to find out more about the points of sail. The link below to the National Geographic site allows you to control the rudder and sails in...

OK, as I read your notes, you might as well have been on my P16. In strong winds (mid teens to low 20's) and hitting true wind at 90 degrees, my p...

Can I expect to have my tell tales trimmed to perfection every time I'm on the lake or will there be conditions that will have an effect? I struggle t...

I thought in my reading that cats are not know for their down wind performance, thus the use of the spin. My preference is 90 degrees to the wind w...

In four years of sailing my P16, I have only dumped it twice....both times the result of a pitch pole while driving the boat in heavy wind. When u...

Page 52 in the Murrays.com catalog (wire main halyard for P-16).

I have not found weight to be an issue on my P16. Once the wind really begins to blow, I head out with a buddy (combined weight of 380 lbs) and push t...

How 'bout those sails? Considering my 1975 P16 still has the original red/white/blue sails with #528, then #114 on those hotties must make it a 19...

I had the ring on the hook but was still on the tramp after we came about. The wind gust took us both by surprise and buried the bows so fast that the...

I had a grommet issue with an old trampoline and the shock cord for my trapeze lines. I marked the spots on the tramp and took it to a local boat shop...

When I rescued my Prindle 16 from 18 years of neglect, I had no manual. Thanks to the web, I found the manual on line. That took care of most of my pr...

knoll0351 - I sail a 1975 Prindle 16. Nice to see that the old Prindles are still going strong. Not sure about your cat......when compared to the i...

Figured out the picture post......besides getting the hulls out of the water, the ladders have proved to make launching and beaching simple. No more d...

I went with SLO Sail for my trampoline last year and love it! They are one of very few who offers a blue tramp without overcharging for color. I had s...

I got the chance to talk to the guy about the boat tonight. He knows very little about the boat or sailing. It is definitely a Hobie 18, hull #CCMH12...

We have an active Prindle dealer in Michigan that you could try. I have done business over the phone with him and had him ship the parts. The Cat H...

The original response to my question included pictures but they were too far away to figure anything out. They are no longer availabe so the search co...

Dave, The Prindle dealer for the state of Michigan is located just north of you in Saginaw (The Cat House - 5130 N. Orr Rd, Freeland, MI which is w...

Time for a Prindle person to chime in. I stumbled across my 1975 Prindle 16 that had been rotting in someones backyard for 18 years. A $100 bill an...

Paul - did you get the cats under cover in time? Looks like the lake effect snow dump has started early this year for you. Jack

Drysuit seems like the Cadillac here but like others, cannot justify spending that much money. A spray top with sealable cuffs and neck will keep the ...

I am in Michigan and Labor Day weekend always meant the end of the recreational boating season. I realized (like others) that the Sept and Oct winds w...

There are pictures on this web site of another who stored his boat on trailer rollers and they pushed through his hulls due to the weight of the snow....

I began sailing a used Prindle 16 a couple of years ago. The first few times out were frustrating because I would reach a good speed and the rudders w...

I also sail a Prindle 16. Assembly was based on the manual which I found on-line and then networking with others to get the fine tuning done. If you h...